John Ladyman, Early Graphite Pencil Maker

There is little information on this chap - other than a one-line entry at the Cumberland Pencil Museum (so I'm told) and a possible link to the Plumbago Mine. Watch this space (if you can be bothered!)...


Some pencil links (no, I don't indulge in pencil collecting)...
Steve Axbey's Pencils
Information about Pencil Sharpeners...
Fine Pens and Pencils including Fountain Pens for Collectors and Investors

http://www.comp.lancs.a...NCH/museums/pencil.html
http://www.integrity.co.uk/cottage/cumbrian/lakes/cc1029.htm
Cumberland Pencil Museum
Other Pencil Links
Archive and Manuscript Collections: Contents
http://www.integrity.co.uk/cottage/cumbrian/lakes/cc1029.htm
Mining History Network .. Homepage

...and finally, The Philosophy of Pencil Collecting